dim sum diaries

First day of the MASC Young Author Conference. I conducted two workshops with spirited students from the Ottawa area. The organizers were great and the students were enthusiastic. My favourite moment of the day was when we did the practical demo and someone came up with the idea of a stapler grenade. Very funny.

Tonight, I have to figure out what to say at the morning's plenary to introduce myself. I don't want to talk too much, but I also want to give the kids a sense of how I became a writer. I'm sure I'll figure out something by the morning.